I do not know why Madam Justice Gropper refused to use her inherent jurisdiction in the Ng vs. Ng case and say that a committee cannot end life. She must have had her law clerk opinion the judgement.. And to make it worse BC's Public Guardian and Trustee agreed. I side with Kenny's parents and his siblings who opposed the injunction.
From reading the January 2013 Judgment it says to me that the medical establishment can trump a Committee (a family member/substitute decision maker) by saying it is a medically appropriate decision to put a human down....starve Kenny to death. So it has come down to if a patient is minimally conscious and a doctor suggests (tells)/coerces a Committee that it is medically appropriate for her to end a life that she has no choice but to agree. To disagree would not be in the best interest of the patient and that is what it is all about... the best interest of that person. The doctor trumps the committee if the committee disagrees and the Gropper decision legalizes it. The Committee will lose its committeship as to keep that person alive would not be in the best interest of that person. Enter the Public Guardian and Trustee. The gatekeepers for life and for death are in charge and are forever present..
The medical complications that Kenny has/had could be poor nursing. The care team who sealed Kenny's death:were a family doctor, a neuropsychiatrist (report dated December 2009), a social worker, nurses (what nurses, a Nurse Ratchet), a pharmacist, a recreational therapist and a speech therapist. Why wasn't the dietitian, the respiratory technician, the music therapist, a religious minister or the non-profit clown doctors included. The ethics committee supported the "team's" decision. What a joke. I have been asking the VCH 's ethics committee to investigate who orchestrated Randy's DNT/DNR It has been four weeks now with follow-up requests and nothing. In November 2012 Randy was forced to agree to a Do Not Transfer from GPC so that he would not be transferred to VGH in the event he had life threatening medical problems. If Randy needed to be treated at VGH he could not go off the grounds of GPC i.e. to visit me which he does every day. So he chose certain death (the DNT) to be with me. A Do Not Transfer has worse consequences than a DNR. After three months. a few days before Christmas, I was told that the DNT/DNR was lifted but I wasn't given a copy of the last Level of Intervention document although I asked for it.
GPC, however, should not dislodge Kenny's feed and liquids tubing according to a recent Ontario Supreme Court decision (the Rasouli case) as it can be interpreted that such tubing is designed to keep a patient alive thus the tubing should not be removed.
According to the Canadian Constitution we have "security of person." That means LIFE and not premeditated death (suicide) by a Committee with or without consent.. We do not have capital punishment in Canada but a committee can kill someone as long as it is in that person's questionable best interest sanctioned/directed by a doctor. How can death be in the best interest of a patient. The powers of a Committee (substitute decision maker) should fall short of authorizing certain death. And doctors should be technicians not arbitrators of "quality of life." Everyone will die in good time. There is no reason to rush it.
How can food and water remotely be deemed as "artificial life support." Is feeding a baby with a bottle and formula artificial life support? A baby cannot feed himself.
As it is now possible to secure stem cells from urine, then there is hope.
If anyone wants a copy of the Ng v Ng judgment, let me know.
Go to: http://vancouversun.com and search for articles "Kenny Ng."
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PS Feb 24/13 : Please search and view video: vimeo.com/35540157
PS Mar 8 2013 On February 28 2013. Kenny was transferred from GPC ... and the current resident said that she was told a month ago that she would have his room.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Ng v. Ng
A week Friday a BC Supreme Court Judgment went down so that Kenny Ng's wife can authorize Kenny being starved to death at George Pearson Centre. It should take two weeks. After reading the Reasons for Judgment I became very upset. Kenny is in a minimally conscious state which means he is not brain dead. Since according to Dr. Narmazi and Dr. Tham, Kenny won't get any better due to his injuries and medical complications so it is medically appropriate that he should die. How can killing Kenny be in his best interest. Everyone at George Pearson Centre will never get better so will this start a slippery slope to extend to each of them in time. Kenny will die soon enough on his own so what is the rush. If you want a copy of the Reasons for Judgment let me know.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
15 out of 15
This takes the cake. I asked a woman at the bus stop if she knew what a medical DNRs was. She said No. But she kept repeating DNR and said she was a nurse 30 years ago and the term was not something she remembered. She told me that she worked as a nurse in Toronto ORs and when she married well and moved to BC she didn't have to work any more. It must be the best open well kept secret in BC. Only those that need to know know. When did DNRs become common practice. The medical establishment knows how to spin death: DNRs/Advanced Directives as medical treatments not doctor assisted suicides. When medical staff stands by watching someone die because they have a DNR then they are commiting a crime far worse than murder: genocide.Everyone of us are going to die, the medical establishment does not have to rush it.
Randy Michael Walker VGH August 2010
Randy Michael Walker VGH August 2010
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
14 out of 14
My survey now includes 14 out of 14 bus users that did not know what a medical DNR is. And those that have agreed to DNRs or Advanced Directives I am sure when questioned would not know what they were really agreeing to: a patriotic duty to end one's life sooner than necessary. After agreeing to a DNR are you sure you are going to get optimal care. There is evidence/research to suggest otherwise. The question is does anyone trust the hospital system. Even doctors don't trust their colleagues so where does that leave us.
And another thing I have been wanting to do was to confess to my ignorance of the hospital system. I blamed Tanu the Nurse Ratchet of GPC when she told me the first time she spoke to me that I could not talk to anyone unless that person talked to me first. The protocol on how to approach the monarchy. But her telling me does not excuse her from not showing me a written policy. When Randy was at St. Paul's in December I noticed that there were notices posted stating that visitors are not allowed to talk to others. I wonder how long this policy would exist if it was posted on a huge bill board outside the entrance of St. Paul's -- next to the bill board asking for public $donations.
I am still at odds as to why Dr. Patricia Daly hasn't decreed that masks should be put at the entrance of the hospitals especially during flu season. It isn't staff you have to worry about spreading the flu, it is visitors, vendors and the like who might not even know they have the flu. Even if you a flu shot, it is only 60% effective.
The problem with VCH is that no one is in charge but then that is what democracy is all about: chaos and stupidity.
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And another thing I have been wanting to do was to confess to my ignorance of the hospital system. I blamed Tanu the Nurse Ratchet of GPC when she told me the first time she spoke to me that I could not talk to anyone unless that person talked to me first. The protocol on how to approach the monarchy. But her telling me does not excuse her from not showing me a written policy. When Randy was at St. Paul's in December I noticed that there were notices posted stating that visitors are not allowed to talk to others. I wonder how long this policy would exist if it was posted on a huge bill board outside the entrance of St. Paul's -- next to the bill board asking for public $donations.
I am still at odds as to why Dr. Patricia Daly hasn't decreed that masks should be put at the entrance of the hospitals especially during flu season. It isn't staff you have to worry about spreading the flu, it is visitors, vendors and the like who might not even know they have the flu. Even if you a flu shot, it is only 60% effective.
The problem with VCH is that no one is in charge but then that is what democracy is all about: chaos and stupidity.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
Get DNRs: Save $.
Higher 30-Day Mortality for Surgery Patients With DNR
Compared with non-DNR patients, more than twice as many DNR patients died within 30 days of surgery (8.4% versus 23.1%, P<0 .001=".001" and="and" at="at" colleagues="colleagues" em="em" in="in" md="md" online="online" reported="reported" roman="roman" sanziana="sanziana" university="university" yale="yale">Archives of Surgery
. As well, the DNR patients were more likely to die no matter what surgical procedure was performed (35.5% versus 17.8%, and 16.6% versus 5.5% for emergent and nonemergent procedures, respectively, P<0 .001=".001" all="all" for="for" p="p">.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Geoff Plant 9
I have been feeling totally demoralized over the incidents so far. I cannot rest comfortably as I know now how fast Randy can end up in hospital. I remember the YouTube video which explains how VCH deals with the public: delay; deny, divide, discredit and demoralize. Each day this is still happening. I am afraid even to speak to anyone any more. Not that I am afraid afraid but because it seems a waste of time. Even the organizations which are out there after an initial consult abandon me. All the E/Ds know each other and purple dot those that need help much like how VCH purple dot troublemakers which VCH creates in the first place. I am always told that I am not alone and what happened to me happens to others and then silence.
Piecing together what happened with the DNR fiasco it is beyond comprehension. I lived with Randy for six years prior to his accident and for 900 days since his accident I visited him in hospital and I was told I unduly influenced Randy to rescind the Do Not Rescue Order he alledgedly placed on himself so it was not removed. Although on Friday before Christmas 2012 I was told that his coding was changed to FULL CODE I have yet to see any written proof of it. It doesn't really matter in any event as a physician can change it the next day and there is no legal obligation for him to tell me or even tell Randy as it might upset us. So much for paternalism, truth and transparency in our health care system.
Piecing together what happened with the DNR fiasco it is beyond comprehension. I lived with Randy for six years prior to his accident and for 900 days since his accident I visited him in hospital and I was told I unduly influenced Randy to rescind the Do Not Rescue Order he alledgedly placed on himself so it was not removed. Although on Friday before Christmas 2012 I was told that his coding was changed to FULL CODE I have yet to see any written proof of it. It doesn't really matter in any event as a physician can change it the next day and there is no legal obligation for him to tell me or even tell Randy as it might upset us. So much for paternalism, truth and transparency in our health care system.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Geof Plant 8
My survey (location bus stop) is now up to 13 out of 13 who do not know what a medical DNR is.
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